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Steeple of Greenstone United Methodist Church, right, in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood on Aug. 31, 2021.

School where Obama to speak has Pullman history

August 18, 2019 at 6:47 p.m.

President Barack Obama will speak at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy on Thursday to recognize the historical significance of the Pullman neighborhood — a history in which the South Side...

Jackie Johnson, of Elgin, shovels her driveway along East Chicago Street in Elgin on Feb. 1, 2015. Johnson, a native of northern Minnesota, loves to shovel snow but worries that with her age and the weight of the snow this could be "heart attack snow".

Chicago Public Schools, some suburban schools closed Thursday because of cold

August 18, 2019 at 6:46 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools and a number of suburban school districts will be closed Thursday, as a wind chill advisory was set to go into effect for the area Wednesday afternoon....

Bundle up for below-zero temperatures by Thursday

May 22, 2019 at 7:20 p.m.

Low temperatures are expected to hit Chicago on Thursday morning, with wind chills dipping as low as minus 30 degrees. The National Weather Service is predicting temperatures could possibly tie...

Jackie Robinson West enlists lawyers over scandal that cost title

August 18, 2019 at 6:45 p.m.

Jackie Robinson West officials have enlisted lawyers to investigate the decision to revoke the team's national championship, but a day after being stripped of the title offered few answers to...

Son of Robinson West founder: ‘You were with us then … be with us now’

August 19, 2019 at 8:02 a.m.

The son of the founder of Jackie Robinson West asked Chicago "to be with us now" while he and other team officials determine whether to file a lawsuit against Little...

Jackie Robinson West stripped of U.S. Little League championship

August 19, 2019 at 8:01 a.m.

The Jackie Robinson West Little League team was Chicago's feel-good story of the summer, uniting an often-divided city in admiration for pre-adolescent ballplayers whose skillful play and gallant sportsmanship led...

President Barack Obama to make Chicago’s Pullman area a national monument

August 18, 2019 at 6:44 p.m.

There was joy in Pullman on Tuesday as word spread that President Barack Obama will designate the historic factory district a national monument, raising hopes for additional tourism, economic development...

Isaias Rivas, 21, navigates unplowed streets as he runs with his dogs, Harah, left, and Cage, on 76th Place near Ridgeway Avenue in Chicago

Snow-covered streets still a deep concern for some in Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 7:15 p.m.

As the city Department of Streets and Sanitation started moving snow piles to vacant lots and city property on Wednesday, some Chicago residents were still wondering when they would see...

Man fatally hit by unmarked police car on unlit street

May 22, 2019 at 7:15 p.m.

Chicago police are investigating a crash in which an unmarked police car struck and killed a man on a darkened South Chicago street about 1:15 a.m. Wednesday. Several area residents...

Frustration mounts over side street snow across Chicago

August 18, 2019 at 6:42 p.m.

With many city side streets still snowed in following a weekend storm that dumped more than 19 inches, Chicagoans braced for another 1 to 3 inches of snow Tuesday evening....

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